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Bureau-wide Projects: GH/OHA/SPER
MEASURE Evaluation Phase III
Agreement Type:
Leader with Associates
Cooperative Agreement
Agreement Number:
GHA-A-00-08-00003
Project Number:
936-3083.10
Duration:
8/08 - 8/13*
Geographic Scope:
Worldwide
COR/AOR:
Krista Stewart
Telephone:
(202) 712 - 0808
Fax:
(202) 216 - 3409
Email:
kstewart@usaid.gov
TA:
Erin Balch (OHA)
Rachel Lucas (PRH)
Lisa Maniscalco (HIDN)
Kristen Wares (OHA)
Ana Djapovic Scholl (OHA)
Janet Shriberg (OHA)
Elisa Ballard (OHA)
Activity Director:
Sian Curtis
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina
Telephone:
(919) 966 - 1737
Fax:
(919) 966 - 2319
Email:
measure@unc.edu
Project Website:
cpc.unc.edu/measure
Purpose
MEASURE Evaluation Phase III continues the program’s 10 year initiative
to improve the collection, analysis and presentation of data to promote
better use in planning, policymaking, managing, monitoring and
evaluating of population, health and nutrition programs. The program
aims to accomplish this through achieving the following six results:
• Increased user demand for data and tools;
• Increased individual and institutional capacity in monitoring and
evaluation;
• Increased collaboration and coordination in obtaining and sharing
health sector data;
• Improved tools, methodologies and technical guidance;
• Increased availability of data, methods and tools; and
• Increased facilitation of data use.
MEASURE Evaluation Phase III is the Global Health Bureau’s primary
vehicle for supporting improvements in monitoring and evaluation in
population, health and nutrition worldwide.
Services Provided
The MEASURE Evaluation Phase III Leader with Associates Cooperative
Agreement provides technical assistance, global leadership and training
to strengthen monitoring and evaluation of host country programs across
the PHN sector. It also works to strengthen routine health information
systems, to build capacity in host country institutions, to develop new
tools and methodologies, and to conduct evaluation research. In addition,
it continues to facilitate coordination of monitoring and evaluation and
routine health information system strengthening efforts. Phase III incorporates
the principle of sustainability into the project’s overall framework
by integrating organizational development, management, and behavior
change into all aspects of its technical assistance.
Currently, MEASURE Evaluation works in approximately 40 countries
worldwide.
Means of Access
Field Support. Separate Associate Awards can be negotiated with the
recipient of the Leader Award and with AOTR duties carried out by the
requesting USAID/Washington Bureaus or Field Missions.
* Though the Leader award is scheduled to end in 2013, it may be extended
for an additional year. Please contact the AOTR for information.
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